This Rule applies whenever a player is required or allowed under the Rules to make the next stroke from where a previous stroke was made (that is, when taking stroke-and-distance relief, or playing again after a stroke that is cancelled or otherwise does not count).
- How the player must put a ball in play depends on the area of the course where that previous stroke was made.
- In all of these situations, the player may use either the original ball or another ball.
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